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The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish
(www.nytimes.com)
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this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2024
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I fondly remember the days when rising sea levels, "sometime in 2100 or whenever" was the main climate-related thing. That was nice. Back then, the idea of tipping points was the realm of wild-eyed doomers that no one took seriously. Heat domes? Wildfires? Ocean death? Mass migration? Just science fiction.
Ahh, good times.
Now we have BBC printing stuff like this:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977r51e1z0o
Very interesting article. I am very curious about the project they mentioned in Niger, if anyone has more information.
100%. Would also like to find out more.